@joshisposh.bsky.social
Public servant, abundant housing enthusiast, trans rights appreciator. Very tired of living in interesting times.
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
We’re not failing to eliminate homelessness because it’s too expensive, because it’s actually cheaper to house people than let them continue unhoused
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i swear to all that is Holy - if the dems take their usual tact of "lets let bygones be bygones in an effort for unity" and they dont investigate everyone involved in trump's human trafficking ops (among other atrocities and corruption) .. i'm going to be really annoyed
The Trump administration arrested and detained two gospel singer brothers from Guatemala who have lived in Memphis for 10 and 20 years. The administration lied and claimed one had an extensive criminal record. Neither does. One has now been deported.
www.psrmemphis.org/christian-si...
www.psrmemphis.org/christian-si...
Christian Singers Caught In Deportation Net, One Branded 'Worst of Worst' - Institute for Public Service Reporting - Memphis %
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November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
i swear to all that is Holy - if the dems take their usual tact of "lets let bygones be bygones in an effort for unity" and they dont investigate everyone involved in trump's human trafficking ops (among other atrocities and corruption) .. i'm going to be really annoyed
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This is incoherent blather
WELKER: If tariffs help consumers, why is the administration rolling them back?
BESSENT: You know how much you weigh. You get on the scale every morning. Inflation is a composite number and we look at everything. We try to push down the things we can control.
BESSENT: You know how much you weigh. You get on the scale every morning. Inflation is a composite number and we look at everything. We try to push down the things we can control.
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This is incoherent blather
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what an exhausting fucking year
November 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
what an exhausting fucking year
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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NEW: Just the President calling for the execution of his political opponents.
Watch absolutely zero front pages cover this tomorrow.
Watch absolutely zero front pages cover this tomorrow.
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
NEW: Just the President calling for the execution of his political opponents.
Watch absolutely zero front pages cover this tomorrow.
Watch absolutely zero front pages cover this tomorrow.
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I want DHS abolished.
we are going to win
Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
November 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I want DHS abolished.
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When conservatives are in charge, how do you build support for limiting cars, expanding transit, and encouraging walking and biking?
The French Riviera offers lessons.
My latest, in Bloomberg
The French Riviera offers lessons.
My latest, in Bloomberg
On the French Riviera, Street Reforms Come From the Right
Politically conservative Côte d’Azur cities like Cannes and Nice have embraced pedestrianization, car bans and bike lanes. That’s a departure from global norms.
www.bloomberg.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
When conservatives are in charge, how do you build support for limiting cars, expanding transit, and encouraging walking and biking?
The French Riviera offers lessons.
My latest, in Bloomberg
The French Riviera offers lessons.
My latest, in Bloomberg
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I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls
Elon Musk Gave Away $474 Million in 2024, Mostly to Entities He Controls
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls.
bloom.bg
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
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In the American context any candidate for a federal office—and especially any incumbent—almost by definition is more dedicated to electoral victory and has access to more and better information about the electoral landscape than you, a civilian social media addict
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
In the American context any candidate for a federal office—and especially any incumbent—almost by definition is more dedicated to electoral victory and has access to more and better information about the electoral landscape than you, a civilian social media addict
THANK YOU. The knock on politicians (which has a lot of truth to it!) is that all they care about is winning power.
The premise “people who have dedicated their entire lives to electoral politics are simply not trying to win” is widely and frequently assumed on this website, and at the very least I think you’d need to develop some theory explaining why that is a reasonable assumption
this is the post that drove me insane and has me considering tossing myself out the nearest window
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
THANK YOU. The knock on politicians (which has a lot of truth to it!) is that all they care about is winning power.
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Just gonna show this chart to everyone that complains about Joe Biden not dropping out soon enough or whatever.
America is a country full of obnoxious dipshits that have very strong opinions about things they know absolutely nothing about.
America is a country full of obnoxious dipshits that have very strong opinions about things they know absolutely nothing about.
The 2024 Data Don't Lie:
The only issue voters can clearly associate with the modern D Party is support for gay rights.
That's it.
Voters are 50/50 on which party is on SS and Medicare.
Yes, really.
That's why we need to leave pound them on the economy and critical programs like Medicaid.
The only issue voters can clearly associate with the modern D Party is support for gay rights.
That's it.
Voters are 50/50 on which party is on SS and Medicare.
Yes, really.
That's why we need to leave pound them on the economy and critical programs like Medicaid.
May 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Just gonna show this chart to everyone that complains about Joe Biden not dropping out soon enough or whatever.
America is a country full of obnoxious dipshits that have very strong opinions about things they know absolutely nothing about.
America is a country full of obnoxious dipshits that have very strong opinions about things they know absolutely nothing about.
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many YIMBYs i know are actually quite explicit about working against their own financial interest
November 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
many YIMBYs i know are actually quite explicit about working against their own financial interest
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This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
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Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
blog.apaonline.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
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This means: “rather than flooding swing states with a tidal wave of talking points, effective campaigns of democratic renewal will focus on reshaping the meaning of identities that have been captured by anti-democratic forces—eg rurality or masculinity—and shifting the salience of others—eg class.”
November 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This means: “rather than flooding swing states with a tidal wave of talking points, effective campaigns of democratic renewal will focus on reshaping the meaning of identities that have been captured by anti-democratic forces—eg rurality or masculinity—and shifting the salience of others—eg class.”
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The modern conservative panic is fueled by juvenile tantrums, of people clinging to hierarchies until their fingernails are bloody because they're too contemptuous towards undesirables and offal acquiring even a shred of humanity and dignity.
But it's inevitable, and the clock will not turn back.
But it's inevitable, and the clock will not turn back.
November 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The modern conservative panic is fueled by juvenile tantrums, of people clinging to hierarchies until their fingernails are bloody because they're too contemptuous towards undesirables and offal acquiring even a shred of humanity and dignity.
But it's inevitable, and the clock will not turn back.
But it's inevitable, and the clock will not turn back.
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The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
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RAISE YOUR CHILDREN SO THEY DO NOT DO THINGS LIKE THIS dailyfreepress.com/11/13/10/216...
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
dailyfreepress.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
RAISE YOUR CHILDREN SO THEY DO NOT DO THINGS LIKE THIS dailyfreepress.com/11/13/10/216...
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The Democrats are not at fault for anything going badly in your life right now.
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The Democrats are not at fault for anything going badly in your life right now.
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I want people to describe to me, slowly, the actual mechanism by which ACA subsidies could be restored by the minority
November 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I want people to describe to me, slowly, the actual mechanism by which ACA subsidies could be restored by the minority
Ok so you all understand that if he does this it makes the Democrats look even better, yes?
US HOUSE SPEAKER JOHNSON SAID HE WON'T COMMIT TO A VOTE ON ACA SUBSIDIES, I'M TOLD – SEMOFAR REPORTER ON X
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Ok so you all understand that if he does this it makes the Democrats look even better, yes?
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It was settled law, so didn’t need protection as we used to have a SCOTUS and Executive Branch who followed the law. Which is why HRC warned about SCOTUS during her run, and why Trump’s Justices perjured themselves in their nom hearings & overturned it, thus ending any modicum of law & order.
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 AM
It was settled law, so didn’t need protection as we used to have a SCOTUS and Executive Branch who followed the law. Which is why HRC warned about SCOTUS during her run, and why Trump’s Justices perjured themselves in their nom hearings & overturned it, thus ending any modicum of law & order.
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The TL;DR of all this variation is this: non-tradeable goods, which are part of households' *fixed cost* budget (i.e. the expense is more-or-less essential and unavoidable) have become tremendously more expensive over time. That's especially true of major cities where people move for jobs!
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The TL;DR of all this variation is this: non-tradeable goods, which are part of households' *fixed cost* budget (i.e. the expense is more-or-less essential and unavoidable) have become tremendously more expensive over time. That's especially true of major cities where people move for jobs!
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Stancil continuing to post through it. Some clarity for everyone, below. 🧵
Economists have a categorization that resolves most of the arguments: tradeable vs. non-tradeable goods. The difference explains why two things can be true:
1. Real incomes increased
2. Economic anxiety also increased
Economists have a categorization that resolves most of the arguments: tradeable vs. non-tradeable goods. The difference explains why two things can be true:
1. Real incomes increased
2. Economic anxiety also increased
YES. THAT IS AN INDICATOR OF PROSPERITY. HOW ARE YOU GUYS SO STUPID
He's repeatedly talked about how easy it is to buy cheap clothes now as if that's a sign the economy is Good Actually
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Stancil continuing to post through it. Some clarity for everyone, below. 🧵
Economists have a categorization that resolves most of the arguments: tradeable vs. non-tradeable goods. The difference explains why two things can be true:
1. Real incomes increased
2. Economic anxiety also increased
Economists have a categorization that resolves most of the arguments: tradeable vs. non-tradeable goods. The difference explains why two things can be true:
1. Real incomes increased
2. Economic anxiety also increased